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UNC Charlotte Open Access Publishing Fund

Submitted by mngo on Tue, 10/29/2013 - 8:29am

Introduction to the Open Access Article Publication Subvention Fund (OAAPSF)

Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte regards open access (OA) publication of scholarly articles as a foundational aspect of a sustainable scholarly communication system. To this end, the Library has established a fund intended to cover or contribute to the cost of article processing charges (APCs). This fund will complement other Library expenditures that support OA publication, such as memberships and subscription charges.

The fund emerged from UNC Charlotte’s commitment to the principles of the “Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity” (COPE) http://www.oacompact.org/, launched in September 2009 to help level the playing field between subscription-based and open-access journals. Though not a signatory of COPE, UNC Charlotte has established open access funds compatible with its underlying principles.

The fund is intended as a last resort for payment of APCs resulting from OA articles authored by UNC Charlotte faculty, research scientists, postdocs, and students. The fund is restricted to articles accepted for publication in peer-reviewed, OA journals. We ask that funded articles be placed in the Library's repository.

Articles in journals that charge an annual subscription fee, including journals that use a delayed OA model, or offer an “open choice” option to make a particular article open access are not eligible.

Articles reporting on research supported by funders that allow research funds to be used for publication fees (e.g. NIH) are not eligible for this funding, whether or not publication costs were specifically included in the grant. This fund is intended to be a last resort for use when no alternative source of funding is available.

The subsidy is limited up to $1,000 per article, regardless of the number of authors.

The program is a pilot project, and for this reason in early years funding will be limited. It is impossible to anticipate the level of demand, but should demand for support exceed expectations, we may limit access to funds on a first-come-first-served basis.

The OAAPSF provides up to $1000, awarded on a case-by-case basis, to be applied to APCs, as described above.

To request funds, faculty authors should fill out and submit the Open Access Fund Request Form to Chuck Hamaker, Associate University Librarian for Collection Development, cahamake@uncc.edu 704.687.1106. Chuck will review the request for eligibility and inform the author as to his decision.